Day: April 10, 2020

Couple Name Their Newborn Baby ‘Lockdown’ in India

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Inspired by the lockdown order to curb the spread of the coronavirus in different countries across the world, a couple in India has named their newborn baby son ‘Lockdown’. The boy was born in Bacheri village in the Sheopur district of central India, on Monday during India’s 21-day strict lockdown. When asked by the hospital staff what name they should write on the new baby’s birth certificate, the boy’s mother Manju Mail and father Raghunath revealed their unusual choice. “He is Lockdown, as he was born during the lockdown period,” Manju said. The baby’s…

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NAFDAC grants approval for production of test kits, PPE

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The conditional emergency approval for the production or importation of COVID-19 antibody and antigen test kits, as well as Personal Protective Equipment has been granted to some companies by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Thursday. A statement by the Director General of the agency, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, said seven companies had been granted the approval, stressing that NAFDAC had also reduced time for registration and approval from 120 working days to 10 working days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement said, “NAFDAC, in…

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Reduce data tariffs, NCS advises operators

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In order to support online learning of students during the period of lockdown and school closure across the country, the Nigeria Computer Society has called for a reduction in data tariff. The umbrella body of all information technology practitioners and interest groups also advocated for the intervention of the Nigerian Communications Commission. The society, in a statement on Thursday by its General Secretary, Mr Iyiola Ayoola, expressed worry that the lockdown as a result of the coronavirus would impact education at all levels. Ayoola said the society was already encouraging…

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